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On Fri, 29 Jul 1994 15:45:37 EDT Barbara Cunningham said:
>Hello all,
>
>Our faculty has requested a "PC like" interface between their computers
>and our mainframe computer.  For example, when they dial into our
>VM system using Kermit (or other software) they have to dial in; press
>a sequence of keys (pressing ENTER then . then ENTER again); select
>the appropriate terminal type; and then log on to the CMS system.
>
>Once our users are logged onto CMS, they would like to access
>applications, send e-mail, execute programs, etc. via an interface
>which, once again, is more "menu or function key" oriented.
>

The only way of doing what you want to type 'contac' at the CMS prompt. This
will start the CONTAC menuing system, which is a front-end to CMS similar to
what you describe.

>Pace is also getting into the UNIX world via a RS6000 running AIX.
>Again are you aware of an interface between the user (whether dialing
>in or attached directly) that would spare them from having to
>deal directly with UNIX?

Unix is Unix--if you are dealing with it, that's kind of what you're stuck
with. Fortunately, Unix is a VERY flexible system; if your users will take
the time to read up on it a bit, they will be able to do a lot of powerful
tasks fairly easily. Also, Unix commands are similar in many cases to DOS
(about 80% of which was copied from Unix), so DOS users will not be com-
pletely mystified...

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